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Great Noise Reduction
- Pros: Does it's job and reduces or eliminates drive related noise very well and cools a drive in situations where the is practically no airflow around the drive. I have it now in a location in my case where there is no airflow, and it keeps the drive around 52 degrees (C), which is decent.
- Cons: It is not really a cooler, at least not compared to a drive that has some airflow. The same drive in a location with airflow had it running at around 34 degrees
- Other Thoughts: I got it primarily to reduce the noise of my Hitachi 7K1000 1TB drive. It does that very well. The pads are essential to the cooling performance; they transfer the heat from the drive case to the sanctum case, which then dissipates the heat. Without the pads there is no heat transfer and any drive will reach 60 degrees or more. I wish it would keep my drive cooler, but overall I am satisfied with what it does.
Silent, sure, but not cool
- Pros: Quite silent. I can barely hear the hard drive when it spins up, and there isn't much other masking noise in my computer either.
- Cons: THE WORD "COOLER" IS MISUSED. I'm pretty much convinced that the aluminum "heatsink" fins are just a marketing ploy, as this device does not actually cool the hard drive very well. I'm consistently getting over 60 degree temperatures even just idling my drive (7200 RPM).
Poor cabling design. The cables need to deform the foam in order to thread into the device; this holds the hard drive steadier, but the limited amount of room inside the device makes it very, very difficult to use SATA cables, as most are right-angled, but most SATA power cables (like the one provided) are left-angled. I had to buy a left-angle SATA cable to use this device properly.
- Other Thoughts: I didn't attach the sticky pads to my hard drive, in case I wanted to re-use the cooler on a different hard drive. In retrospect, that was a good idea because I'm now considering not using this "cooler" and finding other quiet solutions. I doubt the cooling ability of this device would be much improved if I did add the sticky pads, as the pads wouldn't be touching any metal surfaces anyway.
Worth it.
- Pros: I am really pleased with the performance of this silencer, my computer is noticeably quieter.
- Cons: I didn't notice any reduction in temperature, but this was a worthwhile purchase for the sound dampening qualities alone. I wouldn't even really consider this a con.
- Other Thoughts: I didn't realize how much noise my hard drive made until I installed this.
| Model |
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Tuniq |
| Model |
CR-SAN-BK |
| Physical Spec |
| Material |
Aluminum Panel / Frame |
| Dimensions |
148 x 42 x 208mm |
| Features |
| Features |
Color: Black
5.25" bay design
Suitable for 3.5 inch IDE / SATA HDD
Large aluminum heatsink helps to disperse the heat from HDD
High performance thermal pads efficiently transfer the heat to the heat sink
Airtight housing design seals the HDD noise in it
Electrically insulated thermal pad on the top and bottom side of HDD
Suitable for PC, Server and IPC
For the best cooling performance, we recommend to use HDDs whose height range is from 23mm to 27mm |
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Reviewed By: on 11/18/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
